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Legally killed: 21 dementia victims given lethal injections by Dutch doctors in 2010
The Daily Mail (UK) ^
| June 29, 2011
| Mail Foreign Service
Posted on 06/30/2011 8:59:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Dementia sufferers are being killed by doctors in Holland under the countrys euthanasia laws, official figures are to reveal.
A total of 21 patients with early-stage dementia, including Alzheimers, died by lethal injection last year, according to a forthcoming annual report.
This is the first time dementia sufferers have been included in the countrys euthanasia statistics.
None of the cases is thought to have involved any illegal act on the part of health professionals, and each time the patient was considered capable of giving their consent.
But the figures have caused alarm among critics who say the pool of patients who qualify for euthanasia in the Netherlands is expanding.
The figures, which are due to be formally released later in the summer, were leaked on NOS, the state television news channel
The NOS report included video footage of Alzheimers sufferer Guusje de Koning, 63, explaining to her children why she wanted to die at the hands of her doctor.
She said she had witnessed her own fathers slow decline and death through the illness, adding: I dont want that. I dont want to suffer.
Euthanasia advocates are using her story to promote the idea that euthanasia for dementia sufferers is a suitable way to avoid suffering and the expensive healthcare.
A series of public meetings have been held over the last year to encourage the elderly to learn about their right to die, even if they are in good health but afraid of what might happen if they are diagnosed with dementia in the future.
But the practice of assisted suicide for dementia patients remains controversial. While some 95 per cent of Hollands population support the countrys euthanasia laws, only 33 per cent of Dutch doctors agree with offering lethal injections to dementia sufferers.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; dementia; euthanasia; lethalinjection; moralabsolutes; netherlands; prolife; soylentgreenispeople
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To: little jeremiah; TxDas
Cecile Richards is from Texas, so you might not be that far off on the TXGhoul label.
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posted on
07/01/2011 4:01:49 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: little jeremiah
You're comparing human beings who have emotions and feel pain and comfort to turnips. That's disgusting. AS I SAID IN MY POST, I WATCHED BOTH OF MY PARENTS SUFFER NEEDLESSLY. DON'T YOU DARE LECTURE TO ME ABOUT EMOTIONS.
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posted on
07/01/2011 4:12:14 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: little jeremiah; BykrBayb; trisham; TheOldLady
TXDeathbot is gone.
63
posted on
07/01/2011 4:12:54 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee; triumphant values; little jeremiah; BykrBayb; trisham; TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW
Hey triumphant values, I just figured you should know that your friend TXDeathbot got the zot.
64
posted on
07/01/2011 4:35:19 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee; little jeremiah; BykrBayb; TheOldLady
65
posted on
07/01/2011 4:37:00 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Yo-Yo; wagglebee; little jeremiah; BykrBayb; All
AS I SAID IN MY POST, I WATCHED BOTH OF MY PARENTS SUFFER NEEDLESSLY. DON'T YOU DARE LECTURE TO ME ABOUT EMOTIONS.*******************************
My sympathies to you and your family. However, when one chooses to use their personal experience to promote an issue, one does open oneself up to criticism.
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posted on
07/01/2011 4:39:48 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: wagglebee
Finally! But there are more.
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posted on
07/01/2011 4:42:29 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: Yo-Yo
I’m not lecturing you about emotions. I’m saying that the government and medical profession should get into the execution of sick people or elderly people business.
68
posted on
07/01/2011 4:44:17 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: All
Oops!!!!!
FIXING my comment #68:
Im saying that the government and medical profession should NOTget into the execution of sick people or elderly people business.
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posted on
07/01/2011 5:05:17 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: little jeremiah; wagglebee
hey, don’t I get any credit? I’ve been fighting this clown too. jk.
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:09:12 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
To: wagglebee; little jeremiah
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:25:30 PM PDT
by
surroundedbyblue
(Live the message of Fatima - pray & do penance!)
To: reaganaut
You get lots of credit, whether any humans recognize it or not!!!
Whew!
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:37:16 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: little jeremiah
lol. I don’t need human recognition, it was more of a jock b/c I wasn’t pinged.
I’m really not that superficial.
God knows my heart and I am very glad he is gone. Anyone who supports medical murder isn’t freeper material in my book.
73
posted on
07/01/2011 6:50:25 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
To: reaganaut
I knew you were joking. Or joshing.
Definitely not freeper material!
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:54:11 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: TxDas; wagglebee; darkwing104; 50mm; stephenjohnbanker; SunkenCiv; paulycy; humblegunner; ...
H/T Wagglebee
Pro-euthanasia troll thinks killing the sick for convenience is a good idea and gets a thunderbolt ride off the site
Choose life
75
posted on
07/01/2011 7:25:16 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
To: wagglebee
76
posted on
07/01/2011 7:36:43 PM PDT
by
Quix
(Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
To: TheOldLady
*cleans up mess*
Btw, where do you get all those cool "zot" graphics?
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:39:54 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
(Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
78
posted on
07/01/2011 7:42:54 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
To: TxDas
If I become demented, as I lose the last vestiges of dignity, I hope some one will show me the mercy I would give my dog or horse so I wont have to do it myself.
People make their choices, guy, and IMHO, this is a choice and an act you would need to make and do on your own, while you can.
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:43:44 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(The right to bear arms is proved to prevent government genocide. Protect yourself!)
To: TheOldLady
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:46:22 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
(Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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